Your excellencies, secretarygeneral, your excellencies, members of the Security Council may the peace, mercy and blessings of god be upon you. I have come to you on behalf of 13 million palestinians to call for justice. For a just peace. That is all. I have come to you today ladies and gentlemen, to reaffirm the palestinian position that rejects the israeliamerican proposal supported by the results of the meeting of the league of arab states and the oic and the a. U. They all concluded that this must be rejected fully in addition to statements issued by the eu, russia, china, japan and other countries around the world. I mention specifically the position of the secretarygeneral of the United Nations that this commitment the to the resolutions. The rejection of this plan is reaffirms or is the result of the unilateral steps and the fact it violates International Legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative. And the legitimacy of the palestinian rights to selfdetermination, freedom, and independence in our own state. It legitimizes what is illegal settlements and confiscation of land and annexation of palestinian land. I would like to reaffirm that this plan or any part of this plan should not be considered as an International Reference for negotiations. This is an israeli american preemptive plan in order to put an end to the question of palestine. It was rejected by us. Because it considers that East Jerusalem is no longer under the sovereignty of the state of palestine which is enough for us to reject the plan. At least palestine it leaves palestine segmented without any control of our land, air and sea and puts an end to Palestinian Refugees and and a peace plan and it will end all basis for a a peace plan and the rejection to all agreements and agreements and obligations to establish two states along the 1967 line. This plan will not bring peace or stability to the region and therefore we will not accept this plan. We will confront its application on the ground. This is the summary of the project that was presented to us. This is the state they will give us. Its like swiss cheese. Who among you would accept a similar state or conditions . Deal, ladies and gentlemen, includes instructions and the entrenchment of occupation by military force into strengthen the Apartheid Regime that we thought we got rid of a long time ago is coming back to palestine. They are strengthening the Apartheid Regime. This rewards the occupation instead of holding it accountable for all the crimes it has perpetrated against our people and our land. In this regard, i would like to thank countries, regional and International Organizations organizations, parliaments around the world the members of the Security Council for helping us support the National Consensus on the basis of International Legitimacy rather than u. N. Resolutions. Also thank you to israel. We thank the israelis who also rejected this plan in different ways and those who stood with us in the house and the senate in the United States we also think we also thank american organizations and free people who rejected this plan. We value their positions to support peace and commitment to national legitimacy. This document, 300 israeli officers rejected this document. 300 israeli officers who fought for their country and now they say we are fighting for what is just. We also welcome the israeli demonstrators who took to the streets in tel aviv. To reject this plan. This is a letter from congress. In this letter 107 members have , signed the letter go a. Another document from the us senate 12 members have signed , this document they all reject this plan. And some are even president ial candidates. We salute palestinians, arab people and all of those fighting for peace around the world who took to the streets by the thousands and hundreds of thousands in the west bank and gaza. Although it is freezing there. It is cold but still they take to the streets to say no to the deal. And is not like some are saying. Some reporters are refusing or rejecting this plan. No, hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets to say no to this deal. Tens of thousands around the world are saying no to this deal. And some insist this deal is not just. No, this deal is not just. I come before you today to say peace between israeli and palestinians is still possible. It is achievable. I have come to you to build and International Partnership to achieve lasting peace. We are still committed to this as a strategic choice this is not an International Partnership. This proposal from one state supported by another to be imposed on the world on the International Legitimacy that represents hundreds of un resolutions and dozens of Security Council resolutions to reject the deal. Mr. President , ladies and gentlemen, i wonder why are they determined to draft this proposal alone when we entered in 2017 into a dialogue with the u. S. Administration and all the final status issues which me and President Trump have had a long discussion and spoke many times about legitimacy and the two state solution. And he said, yes, now i will declare it. We also the 1967 lines and jerusalem we talked about security and other issues. That we have discussed and i was happy to discuss these issues with him at the time. However, i was surprised afterwards when the plo office in washington was closed and they declared jerusalem is the capital of israel. How is that possible . They transfer their embassy and called in other countries around the world to do the same. And they stopped sending us aid. 840 million u. S. Dollars they stopped sending assistance. I dont know who gave him this unacceptable advice. I know mr. Trump is not like that. President trump i have met is not like that. This was very surprising. I would like to recall we held the madrid peace conference with washington negotiations in the oslo accord, at the conference for peace on the basis of resolutions legitimacy that called for negotiations on all final status issues including jerusalem. We should not dictate as a wee give jerusalem to the state of israel. It is an occupied land. Who has a right to give this as a gift . To one state or another . We come before you, the Security Council. We are committed to all of your resolutions. Ladies and gentlemen, we were committed to implementing all agreements with israel. We behaved in a responsible manner. Respectedy the world us. 140 countries recognize the state of palestine palestine. We have become a part of the International Community we became the observer stay in the we became an observer state in the General Assembly. Unable to become a full member we are because of the veto but still we could become the observer state joining 120 regional organizations and have become the observer state that became the chairperson of the group of 77 and china, including 135 countries in addition to china. So we do exist. We have continued to build our National Institutions based on the rule of law. And international parameters for a modern state that supports transparency, and to combat corruption. We are among the countries combating corruption i called on the Security Council to have a Factfinding Mission to palestine to look at our efforts to combat corruption to see that this emerging state under the occupation is fighting corruption and free from corruption. And anyone who claims that our state is corrupt only has to see for themselves. We have empowered women and youth and worked on spreading the culture of peace among our people. We always call for peace we reject violence and terrorism. We fight terrorism around the world we have Agency Protocols with these countries we have signed these protocols to fight terrorism and one of them was the United States of america. And canada, russia, japan, and other countries. We are fighting terrorism. We are not terrorists. And we will remain committed to combating terrorism. Three times we have held elections we believe in democracy. We called for elections last time but israel rejected that because we cannot hold elections in jerusalem although we did hold elections in 1996, 2005 and 2006 and jerusalem but not now because there was a decision divided jerusalem will be the capital of israel. But no, this will not happen. East jerusalem is ours west is theirs. And nothing prevents both states and both capitals. Ladies and gentlemen, they said we have wasted opportunities for peace but that is not true. And to say that one day palestinians do not waste one opportunity to waste opportunities. And, recently, it was quoted by another senior israeli official saying that we do not waste any opportunity to waste opportunities we never waste opportunities. These are silly slogans. We accepted all human all u. N. Resolutions 2334, 87 resolutions and we became an active member of the International Community in 1993 we are committed to the oslo accord and all the details and decisions. And all of their provisions. We have recognized israel and israel recognized us. And also we have recognized israel. I recognizesaid, the right of israel to exist and it is said and it is written, i recognize the plo as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian People. So we have recognized one another. So what opportunity did we waste for peace . We responded to the efforts of the u. S. Administration to those International Initiatives to all calls for dialogue and negotiations. However, we were never offered the bare minimum of justice according to the International Legitimacy the government of the occupation is undermining international efforts. We have tried to seize every opportunity in a serious way because peace is in the interest of our people around the world. And this document shows that. More than one country sent us an invitation. Russia, japan, belgium. The netherlands. They all sent us an invitation to hold a dialogue. With mr. Benjamin netanyahu on their territory. And every single time we have responded to these invitations. I went to moscow three times and he did not appear so who is rejecting peace cracks therefore so, who is rejecting peace . Therefore, i wonder what opportunities did we waste . And then it was quoted by the soninlaw. On the other hand, israeli governments and Israeli Settlers have sought to destroy every opportunity for peace and they move forward everywhere in the west bank. Occupiedd that was since 1967, they are building settlements there with impunity. They changed the characteristics of the occupied city of jerusalem. They continue continued with the war against our people on the gaza strip. Supported by the u. S. Administration that issued that issued a number of decisions that the world rejected. That a number of the current in the United States have rejected. And a number of americans and jewish organizations. Have rejected it. This is a decision by the u. S. Congress. Number 326 rejecting the policy of secretary pompeo and the us the u. S. President on settlements. This is a decision from the congress. I would also like to affirm that we reject that linking economic assistance to a political solution. Ue,y went to the hag and they said we will give you 50 million u. S. Dollars. What about the political solution . No. Political solution than if you wish to help us but however we cannot accept an economic solution first. We thank every country that provides us with assistance now without any precondition to build our institutions work on mr. President , ladies and gentlemen, in this difficult time, and before it is too late i would like to say to mr. To mr. Donald trump, that the proposed american deal cannot achieve peace and security because it canceled International Legitimacy. Who can cancel International Legitimacy . International legitimacy who can anull and cancel that . President trump did so. It cancels all resolution of legitimacy and all the rights of the Palestinian People and its even decided East Jerusalem is no longer part of the sovereignty. This does not meet the aspirations of a two state solution. Israel and palestine. Is peacee, if there between us and the israeli people, it will be the most beautiful form of peace and the best relations there will be between israelis and palestinians. Give us this opportunity to achieve peace. I know the peace deal is 180 pages and not everyone is willing to read all 180 pages. Therefore we have decided to , summarize these pages with 20 pages. I wish that President Donald Trump will be fair and support International Legitimacy so we can have a real opportunity for peace between israelis and palestinians. If you impose peace, it cannot last. Let us reach peace between one another. We have reach peace without anyone in oslo. That peace was reached without the intervention without the knowledge of any country. And we reached the best agreement and we are willing to commit to that agreement however they killed rabin. Why did they killed rabin . May his soul rest in peace. The this rostrum, i call on International Quartet by the United States and russian federation, the eu and the un. The International Quartet. And i call on the members of the Security Council to hold a conference for peace. We have the quartet so we can hold this International Conference to the resolutions of International Legitimacy. Notably resolution 2334. Not only this resolution but all resolutions. All your resolutions if you could pick and choose the resolution that you want want, however we have chosen to disregard all resolutions not even want to be taken into consideration . Who are we to resort to have these resolutions are adopted by this council. If this councils resolutions are disregarded then who do we go to . We call for the implementation resolutions, the Arab Peace Initiative, and we insist on the implementation of the Arab Peace Initiative because it is part of the resolution adopted by the Security Council. By establishing an international mechanism. To sponsor negotiations. Between the two sides. And any other country can join the quartet. Quartet, in addition to any other country, however, to be honest honest, the us alone cannot be the sole mediator among the quartet you are more than welcome however as the sole mediator, we have tried this now and honestly we cannot accept it again. And i call on the International Community and the government of israel to put an end to their occupational practices and their decisions to annex our land. These are our lands the disputed land what gives you the right to annex these lands . You will destroy every opportunity for peace in this historic moment i will extend my hand for peace again before we break this final opportunity i hope we find a real partner in israel. Rabin, may his soul rest in peace. Anybody who believes in peace in israel is welcome to join us to create a real piece that will a real peace that will bring fruit to palestinians and israelis alike. Let us coexist in peace. Our people, ladies and gentlemen can no longer tolerate this , occupation and it can implode at any moment. To avoid this we need renewed hope. Do not take hope away from us. Hope for our people. For justice, for independence, for peace. Hope. Please do not take away this hope from us. I would like to show you this now. Show you this map. 1937, 1947, 2020. Every time i look at this map, i lose hope is this what we deserve . Is this what the Palestinian People deserve . Why . We were here. How did we get to this point with these small islands with , inland islands . On this occasion, i would like to call on the israeli people to say that the continued occupation and military control of another people, this will not help achieve your security. We only have one choice. We have to be partners. We have to be neighbors. Each in their own country, their sovereign country let us remain committed to this choice before it is too late. Once again, i stress that our struggle is not with the jewish people. We are not against the jewish people. We are muslim. A muslim who says i am against a jewish person has committed blasphemy. If i say i am against the torah, against jewish people , you are committing blasphemy. We are not against the jewish people we are against anyone who attacks us regardless of their religion. Our struggle is not with the jews. Our fight is against everyone who attacks our land. We call on ending the occupation in establishing our palestinian state. Our people will not surrender. And you see before we will not surrender. We will continue to demand our rights. If you give us our rights, then we will stand with you. However, we will Never Surrender our rights and we will not surrender to this occupation regardless of the sacrifices. In conclusion i would like to say once again that i am ready to start negotiations as i wa